Last Black Velvet Petunia of the Season

 

Dinner: Soup with Seared Beef Bites, Yukon Gold Potatoes, Green Beans, and Button Mushrooms; Seasoned with minced Garlic, Butter, Pink Himalayan Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper!

 

Breakfast: a Breakfast Egg Burrito with Cheddar Cheese and Mushrooms with sliced Tomatoes and Baby Spinach served on One-side Toasted Sourdough Bread with my Dijon Mustard Cream Sauce.

The description was a mouth full...so was the sandwich!

 

Audrey's Big Day

 Audrey, my Tree Philodendron, has been with me now for just shy of 40 years.  She spends her summers outside on my deck, and her winters in my modest sun room.  Today was the end of her summer basking.  My neighbor, Tim, has for the past few years now done the heavy lifting for me in lieu of my back surgery.

I prep her by binding her fronds so they move through doorways much easier.  She is not the only migratory plant, but she is by far the largest.  The others will come in over the next few weeks depending on the forecast.  

I cut up a stretchy garbage bag to create the ribbons I use to bind up Audrey's fronds.

Once bound, they take up much less space, and are far less likely to be damaged.

Inside the sun room, but still bound as I add a few more plants near her.

Fronds free.

Celebrating the Senior Living Actors of the Star Trek Franchise

 

Native Stink Bug!

FLORIDA PREDATORY STINK BUG

Euthyrhynchus floridanus

A surprise visitor on my deck yesterday!  This little beauty is a Florida Predatory Stink Bug--so much more attractive than those Asian invaders, AND they love to eat them!  Mother nature dealing with an evasive species with any more of our interference.  Best way to go.

 

Saturday's Dinner: Pork/Beef Meatballs in Cabbage, Roasted Tomatoes and Sauerkraut.

 Such a comfort food.  Even when life is good!  I served it with rice.